[Grammar] Anything — noun or pronoun?

[Mithur]

Have you anything to declare?
Is 'anything' really a noun rather than a pronoun? Detail explanation will be appreciated.

 

[Matthew Wai]

Re: Noun or Pronoun

http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/anything
If the dictionary is correct, I think it is a pronoun.

 

[Rover_KE]

I have changed your thread title, Mithur.

What makes you think 'anything' is a noun?

Click here and bookmark the OneLook site for future reference.

 

[emsr2d2]

What makes you think 'anything' is a noun?

Well, the box on the right of the screen in your link HERE shows that it is a noun meaning "a thing of any kind." The example sentence given is the exact sentence the OP used.

 

[Mithur]

Well, I found it that way in another online dictionary. I'm convinced with other two cases but this one.
Anything might happen. (pronoun)
He is not anything like his father. (adverb)

I appreciate!

 

[Rover_KE]

Fair enough.

I'm just off for an appointment with my optician — Seymour Clearly.